CN104092699A - System and method for allowing user based application licensing across multiple wireless communications devices - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates a system and method for allowing user based application licensing across multiple wireless communications devices. The system and method are used for a wireless service provider to provide activation of an application by a subscriber who has multiple wireless communications devices in a single subscription account. The subscriber can access the application from any one of the wireless communications devices, but only one activation at a time is allowed for each subscription account.
Description
the relevant information of divisional application
The application is that international filing date is that to be PCT/US2005/000823, denomination of invention enter the divisional application that China national phase application number is 200580007259.8 application for a patent for invention for the PCT application of " allowing the system and method for the license of the application program based on user between multiple radio communication devices " for January 11, international application no in 2005.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to aerogram and computer network.More particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of for foundation structure is provided so that service provider delivers services to the system and method for the user with multiple radio communication devices.
Background technology
Technological progress has made mobile phone or radio communication device become cheaply and almost everyone can afford.It is very usual that one family has several radio communication devices (each kinsfolk has).Wireless service provider also makes plurality of wireless communication devices more independent prepaid account be kept accounts.Some wireless service providers allow the shared time of distributing to individual consumer account of different radio communication devices to distribute.For example, user can apply for allowing the plan of 500 minutes reproduction times, and this different wireless communication device of being used by kinsfolk for 500 minutes is shared.
In above situation, multiple radio communication devices that different home member uses can not competed this time of 500 minutes and distribute.In fact, wireless service provider records the reproduction time that each radio communication device uses, and the time that all radio communication devices are used is aggregated in identical user account.Subsequently the time of total ascent time and 500 minutes is distributed and compared.To the not restriction of the spendable time quantum of each indivedual radio communication device.
But in the time that wireless service provider is collected monthly subscription cost or interview expenses to the each wireless device applications of each user, situation has changed.For some application program, wireless service provider may be collected fixing subscription cost to each radio communication device, and user need to subscribe application program and paid monthly subscription cost before accessing described application program through license from radio communication device.But, if user wishes to access identical application program by different radio communication devices, for example, having in the situation of several radio communication devices in a family, so each radio communication device pays a subscription cost and becomes expensive.For example, if user wishes all kinsfolks to realize the application program (, the Yellow Page service based on wireless network) of common scattered accessing, so each radio communication device pays a subscription cost and also becomes expensive.All kinsfolks are by unlikely the Yellow Page service based on wireless network of accessing simultaneously, and therefore each radio communication device pays a subscription cost and for user, will become not to one's profit.
Therefore, advantageously provide a kind of system and method that allows wireless service provider to permit any radio communication device access application from registering user account.Therefore the present invention is exactly mainly for this system and method.
Summary of the invention
The present invention discloses a kind of System and method for that allows wireless service provider to collect independent subscription cost to each prepaid account of access wireless applications, wherein has the multiple radio communication devices associated with described independent prepaid account.The present invention allows the access of wireless service provider control to wireless applications, makes only to have a radio communication device can activate described wireless applications at every turn.Therefore, from the different wireless communication device associated with described independent prepaid account time, access request is rejected.
A kind of method according to an embodiment of the invention allows wireless service provider support to have the user of plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein wireless service provider is that a service is collected an independent subscription cost to each user, and allows to call individually described service by plurality of wireless communication devices.Described method can comprise the following steps: receive the selection for a selected application program from described plurality of wireless communication devices; Described selected application program is sent to described plurality of wireless communication devices; In a reservation form, record the information of described selected application program and described plurality of wireless communication devices; Receive the activation request for described selected application program from a radio communication device that sends request; In described reservation form, check the availability of described selected application program; If can use with described selected application program, so described selected application program is labeled as unavailablely, and described in being sent to, an activation sends the radio communication device of request.
A kind of system according to an embodiment of the invention allows wireless service provider support to have the user of plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein wireless service provider is that an independent subscription cost is collected in a service, and allows to call individually described service by plurality of wireless communication devices.Described system can comprise: a mobile switching centre, and it is communicated by letter with plurality of wireless communication devices, and wherein said plurality of wireless communication devices has identical user profile; With a server, it is communicated by letter with described mobile switching centre, and described server has a reservation form with a plurality of entries.Each entry of described reservation form can have user's identification field, an application identification field and plural devices identification field, and wherein each device identification field storage is about the information of a radio communication device.
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After looking back brief description of the drawings, embodiment and claims of below statement, will understand other object of the present invention, advantage and feature:
Fig. 1 is system block diagram, and it describes to support the embodiment of the telecommunication system of the controlling application program access that a plurality of wireless devices carry out.
Fig. 2 illustrates reservation form.
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of explanation user booking process.
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of explanation wireless service provider booking process.
Fig. 5 is the flow chart of explanation user application activation.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of explanation wireless service provider application program activation.
Fig. 7 is that explanation is according to the chart of the user application activation of alternate embodiment.
Fig. 8 is that explanation is according to the flow chart of the wireless service provider application program activation of alternate embodiment.
Fig. 9 illustrates according to the reservation form of alternate embodiment.
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In description process, term " communicator ", " wireless device ", " cell-phone ", " radio communication device " and " mobile phone " alternately use, and executable and not executable software document, initial data, aggregated data (aggregated data), patch and other yard of section wished to comprise in term used herein " application program ".In addition,, in whole some accompanying drawings, similar label represents similar components.Along with the arrival of the third generation (3G) wireless communication technology, more bandwidth can be used for radio communication, and mobile phone and radio communication device (for example, cellular phone, beep-pager, personal digital assistant (PDA)) have the wireless capability of increase.At present, wireless service provider can provide multiple application program, and described application program can provide different services to its user.These application programs allow user except using itself and the opposing party to keep voice communication, can also check weather, check stock quotation, check up-to-date press release, receive Email, paging receiving message, browsing internet by user's wireless phone all the time, and play interactive game with a long-range side.Many these application programs by user scattered use, that is, and user may short-term every day invokes application, and a few hours do not move described application program, but user is still collected complete moon subscription cost.For this reason, user may be reluctant to apply for service.But, if user can each application program pay independent subscription cost, and can share the access to described application program with the kinsfolk of its use different wireless communication device, user may be more prone to application service so.Therefore the present invention is that wireless service provider provides support to pay independent reservation and obtain more revenue from plurality of wireless communication devices access application by permitting a user to application program, as further described herein.
Fig. 1 describes according to the present invention and the communication network 100 that uses.Communication network 100 comprises one or more communication towers 106, and each communication tower is connected to base station (BS) 110 and to providing service with the user of communicator 102.Communicator 106 can be cellular phone, beep-pager, personal digital assistant (PDA), notebook, or other is hand-held, fixing or portable use is wireless and the communicator of cellular telecommunication network.Order and the data of each user's input are transferred to communication tower 106 as numerical data.Use the technology that communication between user and the communication tower 106 of communicator 102 can be based on different, for example code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), global system for mobile communications (GSM), or can be used for other agreement of cordless communication network or data communication network.Data from each user send to base station (BS) 110 from communication tower 106, and being relayed to mobile switching centre (MSC) 114, described mobile switching centre 114 can be connected to PSTN (PSTN) 118 and internet 120.
MSC113 can be connected to server 116, and described server 116 is supported the different application that the user who uses radio communication device 102 can use.As required, server 116 can be a part of MSC113.
Server 116 can be operated by wireless service provider or third party.Server 116 provides the application program that can be called by wireless user.Server 116 also keeps subscriber's meter 200 as shown in Figure 2.The identification 204 of the application program of identity, the reservation of the user account of application programs, identity 210 through the radio communication device of the identity 206,208 of the wireless device of granted access application program, current invokes application subscribed in subscriber's meter 200 record, with the password 211 associated with application program.Preferably, there is an entry 212 in each application program.In the time that user subscribes more than one application program, user's account information will appear in more than one entry 212.
In the time that user subscribes application program, create entry for account.Described entry is listed the user account information 202 that can be used as customer identification information, and application program 204.Or user also can use login name or the user name identifying information as user.If show many wireless devices in account, for example, in the time that each kinsfolk has in family's situation of a wireless device, user can list the identity of the wireless device through licensing application program.User can authorize all or only partial devices use application program.Also application assigned password for this reason of user.After wireless service provider creates entry, wireless service provider can be relayed to accounting system by user profile, therefore can keep accounts to user.
Fig. 3 illustrates user's booking process 300.User is by providing its account information to subscribe application program (step 302) to service provider.The service provider of application program can be the same wireless service provider that wireless service is provided to user, or third party independently.User account information is associated with the electronic identification number (EIN) that it moves identifier (MIN) or its wireless device.Wireless service provider can easily use the account information of MIN/EIN retrieval user from its database, and is relayed to when needed third party service provider.The menu (step 304) of user's request applications also receives this menu (step 306).Request and menu be transmission wirelessly between wireless phone 102 and communication tower 106.Menu is presented on wireless phone 102, and user can be from wherein making a choice.After selecting application program, selection is sent to wireless service provider (step 308) by wireless phone 102, and receive application program (step 310) from wireless service provider.The application program receiving can be the complete applications operating on wireless phone 102, or operates in the remote subscriber interface for application program on server 116.
User also can input the information through other wireless phone 102 of permits access application program.This can pass through the information of each wireless phone of input, or by having selected from the list receiving from wireless service provider.
Fig. 4 illustrates wireless service provider booking process 400.In the time that user registers to wireless service provider, wireless service provider receives user profile (step 402).Wireless service provider receives menu request (step 404) and menu is transferred to user's radio communication device 102 (step 406).Receive and select (step 408) afterwards at wireless service provider, wireless service provider creates entry 212 in reservation form 200, and registered user's account information 202, selected application program 204 and the device (step 410) through permits access application program.After registering selected application program, selected application program is sent to user's (step 412) by wireless service provider.As required, user can be application setting password, and this password also will be input in entry 212.
In an alternate embodiment, user can repeat booking process from different radio communication devices, therefore application program can be downloaded to those radio communication devices.But, in the case, in reservation form, do not create new entry, and wireless service provider will add the identification of radio communication device in suitable entry to simply.
Fig. 5 illustrates user's activation 500.In the time that radio communication device 102 is registered to wireless service provider, its information is sent to wireless service provider (step 502) by user.After radio communication device 102 is communicated by letter with wireless service provider, user can activate application program (step 504) by application program activation request is sent to wireless service provider.If do not receive failed message (step 505), radio communication device is by the activation (step 506) receiving for selected application program so.Described activation can be the mandate from wireless service provider, and it allows radio communication device operation remote subscriber interface.Described activation also can be the whole application program that radio communication device receives.If radio communication device receives failed message instead of activation, radio communication device shows failed message (step 508) so.
Fig. 6 illustrates wireless service provider booking process 600.Wireless service provider receives user profile (step 602) and the activation request (step 604) for application program during registration procedure.User profile also can be the user name that user provides.Wireless service provider checks that reservation form 200 is to check that whether user is as user (step 606).If this user is not user, failed message is sent to this user's (step 610) by wireless service provider so.If this user is user, wireless service provider checks whether selected application program just uses (step 608) by other radio communication device so.For example, if described application program is just used (, being used by spouse) by another radio communication device in user account, failed message is sent to user's (step 610) by wireless service provider so.If selected application program is not in use, " in use " mark (step 612) is set in the entry of wireless service provider in the reservation form of described application program so, and selected application program is activated and sends to user's (step 614).Can in current device identification field 210, complete setting " in use " mark by the identification of radio communication device is input to.
Fig. 7 explanation is for the alternate embodiment of user's activation 700.Except password is submitted to, process 700 is similar to process 500.In the time that radio communication device 102 is registered to wireless service provider, its information is sent to wireless service provider (step 702) by user.After radio communication device 102 is communicated by letter with wireless service provider, user can activate application program by application program activation request (step 704) and password (step 706) are sent to wireless service provider.If do not receive failed message (step 708), radio communication device is by the activation (step 712) receiving for selected application program so.If radio communication device receives failed message instead of activation, radio communication device shows failed message (step 710) so.
Fig. 8 illustrates the alternate embodiment of user's activation 800.Except receiving password, process 800 is similar to process 600.Wireless service provider receives user profile (step 802) and the activation request (step 804) for application program during registration procedure.Wireless service provider also receives the password (step 806) from user.Wireless service provider check reservation form 200 with check user whether for user's (step 807) and the password that provided whether correct.If this user is not user or authorized user, failed message is sent to this user's (step 810) by wireless service provider so.If this user is user, wireless service provider checks whether selected application program just uses (step 808) by other radio communication device so.For example, if described application program is just used (, being used by its spouse) by another radio communication device in user account, failed message is sent to user's (step 810) by wireless service provider so.If selected application program is not in use, " in use " mark (step 812) is set in the entry of wireless service provider in the reservation form of described application program so, and selected application program is activated and sends to user's (step 814).
In alternate embodiment, wireless service provider can allow user not only from being attached to the radio communication device access application of its user account, and from any radio communication device access application.Fig. 9 explanation is for the reservation form 900 of this alternate embodiment.Wireless service provider is recorded in user account information 902 and application identification 904 in entry 910 in reservation form 900.In identical entry 910, wireless service provider also can record the identification 906 for the password 908 of invokes application and the radio communication device of current use application program.According to this embodiment, user or its kinsfolk can be from any radio communication device invokes application.In the time that user is connected to wireless service provider, it can send the request for application program.Wireless service provider prompting user inputs its user account information (for example, its user name) and password.If user account information and the password of input are correct, so from user account per capita not using when described application program, application program or its activation are sent to user by wireless service provider.
In another embodiment, the licence that wireless service provider can allow user to subscribe some uses for individual or kinsfolk.In this embodiment, the entry in reservation form will have active user's field and predesignated subscriber's field.User can select to subscribe two licences of (for example) application-specific, and wireless service provider will allow described application program to be called by nearly two radio communication devices associated with user account simultaneously.The activation of the 3rd while of same application domain will failure.
It is below the description of a use situation according to an embodiment of the invention.User can buy the wireless device with device park operation system, for example, by vedio on radio binary operation environment (BREW
tM) device enabled, and subscribe radio communication service to provider.User also subscribes the navigation Service based on global positioning system (GPS) from its wireless service provider, and registers to wireless service provider multiple radio communication devices that its kinsfolk uses.Wireless service provider allows user that application program is downloaded to the radio communication device that user and kinsfolk thereof have.Wireless service provider for user creates entry, and is listed application program in reservation form in described entry.Wireless service provider also records the identification of each radio communication device in reservation form.For security purpose, wireless service provider can permit a user to application setting password.
User can invokes application assists it from its office customer site of driving.User calls out wireless service provider to activate application program.At user's set, to wireless service provider registration and from its record when retrieval user account information, wireless service provider obtains the identifying information of user wireless communication devices.Wireless service provider user account information and application information carry out retrieving head from reservation form.If described entry has password, wireless service provider prompting user needs password so.After authentication password, wireless service provider checks whether in use described application program.If described application program is not in use, wireless service provider is input to the identification of user wireless communication devices in entry so, and activation is sent to user.After user finishes to use application program, user discharges application program, and this can be to wireless service provider and sends hang-up signal, and wireless service provider is removed described user's device from entry.If another kinsfolk calls out wireless service provider to activate identical application program when user uses application program, " in use " message is sent to calling device by wireless service provider so.
In alternate embodiment, the present invention can increase the mode of service provider's income and implement.For example, for the user who uses the wireless device that is equipped with extraction-type subscriber identification module (RUIM), if device is equipped with user's RUIM, service provider can allow user that application program is downloaded to different devices so.In general, use RUIM sequence number or customer identification number (SID) to identify user, and RUIM sequence number and SID are stored in server.When its RUIM is inserted into wireless device by user, and request is while downloading to this wireless device by application program, and server contrast customer data base checks the RUIM sequence number receiving from wireless device.Identifying after described RUIM belongs to user, server starts application program to download to wireless device.For application program being downloaded to this additional wireless device, service provider can select to collect the charges.
It is below the use situation of above-described embodiment.Video-game is downloaded to its main mobile phone by the user of video-game, and carry out video-game with this mobile phone.But with its RUIM, user still can be by using different mobile phones to carry out video-game so if user does not carry its main mobile phone.User can be inserted into its RUIM in this mobile phone, and starts application program to download to this mobile phone.Described mobile phone sends to server by the sequence number of RUIM together with cellphone information, and server checks user's reservation by RUIM sequence number.After confirming that it subscribes, video-game is sent to this mobile phone by server, and Download History expense for this reason.As mentioned above, for mobile phone application program being downloaded to except user's main mobile phone, service provider can use by the imposition of surcharge.
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tMthe wireless device of enabling provides the application program of the each SID/RUIM of each device is downloaded and kept accounts or only the application program of each SID/RUIM downloaded to the selection of keeping accounts to service provider.By BREW
tMthe device of enabling is to server generator and/or application information, and this makes service provider can each application program download or the each application program of each device be downloaded and be charged to user.
In view of described method can be carried out on the computer installation of wireless service provider or radio communication device, therefore the present invention includes the program residing in computer-readable media, wherein said program guide server or other computer installation with computer platform are carried out the step of described method.Described computer-readable media can be the memory of server, or can be in the database of connection.In addition, described computer-readable media can be in can being loaded into the secondary storage media in wireless communications device computer platform, for example disk or tape, laser disc, hard disk, flash memory, or known other medium in affiliated field.
In the situation that Fig. 3 arrives Fig. 8, for example, can for example, implement described method by one or more parts of operate wireless network (radio communication device or server) to carry out the sequence of machine readable instructions.Described instruction can reside in the one-level of various types of signaling bearers or data storage, secondary or three grades of media.Described media can be including (for example) can or residing in the RAM (not shown) in the assembly of wireless network by the component accesses of wireless network.No matter whether be included in RAM, disk or other secondary storage media, described instruction all can be stored on multiple machine-readable data storage medium, for example DASD memory (for example, conventional " hard disk drive " or RAID array), tape, electronically erasable read only memory (for example, ROM, EPROM or EEPROM), flash memory cards, optical storage (for example, CD-ROM, WORM, DVD, digital optical tape), paper " perforation " card, or comprise other suitable data storage medium of Digital and analog transmission medium.
Although with reference to a preferred embodiment particular display of the present invention described the present invention, but be understood by those skilled in the art that, in the case of not departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as stated in appended claims, can make the various changes in form and details.And, although element of the present invention may describe or advocate as odd number, also contain plural number, unless clearly regulation is limited to odd number.
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1. one kind has the user's of plurality of wireless communication devices method for a wireless service provider support one, wherein said wireless service provider is that an application program is collected an independent subscription cost, and allow to call individually described application program by plurality of wireless communication devices, described method comprises following steps:
Receive the selection for a selected application program from least one of described plurality of wireless communication devices;
Described selected application program is sent to at least one of described plurality of wireless communication devices;
Record the information of described selected application program and the information of described plurality of wireless communication devices;
Receive the activation request for described selected application program from a radio communication device that sends request;
Check the availability of described selected application program; With
If described selected application program can be used, so described selected application program is labeled as other radio communication device in described plurality of wireless communication devices unavailablely, and described in being sent to, an activation sends the radio communication device of request.
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